Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 10 24 24 Osprey 1 32 32 Bald Eagle 0 27 27 Northern Harrier 8 86 86 Sharp-shinned Hawk 223 1326 1326 Cooper's Hawk 8 36 36 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 124 485 485 Red-tailed Hawk 5 41 41 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 30 221 221 Merlin 0 17 17 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 7 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 3 Unknown Buteo 0 2 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 409 2307 2307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Dan Lumm Observers: Bob Pettit, Jill Lumm, Jim McCoy, Justin Bosler Visitors: A fair turnout for the first day of the Festival of Hawks. About 30 visitors in all including regulars Jim McCoy and Wayne and Carmen Hudson. Dan and Jill Lumm relieved me of my counting duties for the day. Thanks Dan and Jill! Weather: Mostly clear skies with very few clouds. A light haze lingering over Lake Erie through first hour. North to Northeast winds at 2 to 12 mph. Temps. ranged from 15 to 22.5C. Visibility excellent at 30+ km for a majority of the day. Raptor Observations: An excellent start to the day, but miserably slow after noon. Good numbers of Sharpies between 0800 and 1100 EST with a total of 89 in the third hour. The raptor flight pretty much fell off with the winds by noon. Non-raptor Observations: 12 species of waterfowl, Black-crowned Night-heron- 4, Bald Eagle- 4 locals, Shorebirds included Killdeer, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs. Ruby-throated Hummingbird- 30, Yellow-bellied (1) and Least Flycatcher (1-2). Blue Jay- 900 (first significant flight), Blue-gray Gnatcatcher- 1, Moderate morning flight of warblers. Small flock moving through in afternoon, which included American Redstart, Nashville, Tennessee, Magnolia, Yellow-rumped (1), Black-throated Green, Blackpoll, Blackburnian Warbler, and Common Yellowthroat. Cedar Waxwing- 50, Purple Finch- 5, American Goldfinch- 325, Other: Monarch- 48, Few dragonflies today. Predictions: More unseasonably warm weather predicted. Clear to partly cloudy skies with North-northwest to West-northwest winds at 5 mph. High of 25C. The Festival of Hawks continues tomorrow and again next weekend. Many, many raptors yet to come. Come help spot and count! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Justin Bosler ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
